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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Charleston, WV

March 30, 202331 counties in West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this high wind watch at Mar 30, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT for 31 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 30, 2023, 3:29 AM EDT (07:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 1, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2023, 1:27 PM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

All 31 counties

Barbour County, WV, Boone County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Clay County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Fayette County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Kanawha County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, McDowell County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Putnam County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Webster County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV, Wyoming County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Mar 30, 3:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:29 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.